World's Fastest Man, The: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Mayor Taylor, American's First Black Sports Hero

Kranish, Michael

Hardcover. New York, Scribner, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 365 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, has a touch of moisture damage to the top of the back cover. Cover boards tan with red quarter cloth, excellent. Pages clean and bright, binding tight. In very good condition. In this book, investigative journalist, Michael Kranish brilliantly chronicles Major Taylor's astonishing rise to world prominence in bicycle racing, twelve years before the ascension of boxer Jack Johnson on the global stage and fifty years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League baseball.

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